Blog What we cannot see in the operating room may matter just as much as what we can News For the first time: Women in all roles at a PhD defense in Marine Technology “Women are still underrepresented both as researchers and PhD candidates in engineering fields and in the marine industries. Therefore, it’s a milestone to have a PhD defense where all roles are held by women,” says Erin Bachynski-Polić. Innovation The race is on to make the shipping sector fossil-free In the race towards zero-emission shipping, flexible battery packs for small and medium-sized ships must be developed. Blog How long does high-level radioactive waste remain radioactive? For all practical purposes, high-level radioactive waste will remain radioactive forever. To understand what high-level radioactive waste is, first it is necessary to review some concepts of radioprotection. Blog Beyond the horizon: Robots collaborate on remote sampling of zooplankton In the first week of summer, a dynamic team of robots, researchers, students, and engineers in SFI Harvest and AUR-Lab embarked on a mission to sample zooplankton off the coast of Mausund, Norway. Blog How much nuclear fuel do I need for my lifetime of electricity needs? If I live consuming only electricity produced by nuclear power plants, the nuclear fuel required for my lifetime of personal electricity use fits in a 200 ml smoothie bottle. Blog Decoding CO2 Behavior In my PhD I study the behavior of CO2 during pipeline transportation, which is a stage required in Carbon Capture and Storage. Blog Floating solar islands can give the world green energy while saving valuable land area My PhD consists of working with a membrane-based structure for floating solar panels in the ocean. Blog Liquid ammonia and methanol can become the future fuel in deep sea shipping During my PhD I will perform fundamental combustion research on carbon neutral and low carbon fuels for marine combustion engines.
